Category: Culture

A Christian by Any Other Name …

So is Anne Rice a Christian or not? The novelist—author of Interview With the Vampire and other supernatural bestsellers—says she’s not. Though Rice made a

Botoxic Wasteland

Even though “teen toxing,” as Botox use among teenagers has been dubbed, is still relatively rare, it’s on the rise. In 2009, 11,889 teenagers ages

A Zombie World Series

So, oil’s still washing up on the gulf, the economy’s in the doldrums, the honey bees are dying and my favorite baseball team, the Colorado

When Christians Like Bad Stuff

So, between some reading of Augustine and G.K. Chesterton, I’ve been perusing a book from another Christian sage: Jonathan Acuff, best known for his blog

Those Sinful Superheroes

Superheroes were kind of a sensitive subject around my house when I was growing up. My best friend and I loved ’em, and whenever he

The End of the Best Friend?

I wasn’t a very happy kid. I was intense. Moody. Liked things my way. Got mad—really mad—when things didn’t go my way. God must have

Simple Pleasures Revisited

I wonder, sometimes, what the future holds for non-digital entertainment. And an unlikely event raised that question for me earlier this week. My parents moved

Barefoot and Busted

You tell me. The world doesn’t make much sense anymore, and I need some guidance: Is Colton Harris-Moore a role model? Until his capture in

Mmmmmm, Pop Culture …

Quick: When you hear the name Homer, do you think of the father of Western civilization’s literature, the Greek poet who crafted The Iliad and

Luuuke, I Need a Doctor …

Have you ever wondered what really caused Darth Vader to turn to the dark side? Maybe not. But there’s new research that points to an

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